Here’s a milestone! Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown (D) will become the first openly bisexual governor when Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) resigns from office next week, the Washington Post reports. … “Brown is married to husband Dan Little; she has publicly discussed her bisexuality in past campaigns. She is already arguably the highest-ranking bisexual [Read More…]

For all the probate judges in Alabama who got it wrong (here’s one example thanks to Jasper this morning), here’s a good story of one who got it right. Probate Judge Steven Reed was the first such judge in Alabama to declare he’d be handing out same-sex marriage licenses last Monday. When asked by ABC [Read More…]

Ok, not joking: this wine, which we’ve only ever found in Lawrence, is the straight up shiz. Seriously. We got a few bottles for today and I recommend it to everybody. And because any post containing a picture of Michaelyn invariably gets good traffic, here she is in her Batman top and yoga pants holding [Read More…]

Michaelyn finally tumbled out of bed and at the last of my BBQ bacon almond chicken. What a jerk. Now we’re on to the next dish that’s terrible for us: queso: She uses measuring spoons. That’s adorable. Top tier chefs like myself have no need for such crutches. Valentine’s Day excitement! LOOK AT THIS! DO [Read More…]

Let the content train continue to roll! Michaelyn is still wrestling (verb implying any movement whatsoever used for irony here) with pillow mountain, but I’m up and about making the day super special. For my love I made barbecue bacon almond chicken. It’s my own recipe. I created it by putting chicken into the slow-cooker, [Read More…]

I’m seeing all these happy male/female couples traipsing about town today playing smoochy face and nuzzle nose. What the hell? Don’t they know that their relationships have fallen apart since gay people are being allowed to marry? What is this farce? Valentine’s Day: a day of going out on dates, giving flowers, and making out. How [Read More…]

So I’m spending Valentine’s Day derping around the apartment with my wife. Because love. But a blogger’s still gotta make a living, and that means content. And since the last picture of Michaelyn I posted inexplicably got gobs of traffic, here’s some content – behold! Michaelyn starting the special day off right: What a special [Read More…]

Valentine’s Day sucks. Restaurants are crowded, single people feel like shit, and if I set aside one day out of the year to treat my wife/partner extra special that means my game has fallen off the other 364 days of the year. If you’re celebrating it, fill your boots, but it’s not my thing. So [Read More…]

A superior court judge in New Jersey, Peter F. Bariso Jr., has ruled against JONAH and several other gay conversion groups (and individuals who claim to be able to “cure” gay people): “This ruling is monumental and devastating to the conversion therapy industry,” Dinelli said. “For the first time, a court has ruled that it is [Read More…]

A Republican lawmaker in Tennessee is trying to make the bible the state book: Freshman Rep. Jerry Sexton wants to add the Bible to the state symbols of Tennessee. According to the Bean Station Republican’s legislation, the Holy Bible would be “designated as the official state book.” It’s unclear how the proposal would meet a [Read More…]

Probate Judge Don Davis of Mobile County, Alabama listened to Roy Moore who told him a higher court’s ruling could be ignored. That didn’t work out so well for Davis. So yesterday Mobile County finally obeyed the law and began giving marriage licenses to gay couples. The first in line were Robert Povilat and Milton Persinger. [Read More…]

Meet Cedric Hatcher, a Birmingham Preacher who went before city council to complain that marriage equality infringes upon his rights. It is a rant so detached from reality, so overflowing with pouting and hate, and so over-the-top that even some of the councilman can’t help but crack up: Hoo boy. God looked at all the citizens [Read More…]

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